Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 29 | New Ideas Needed to Solve Traffic Problems, Expert Says

New Ideas Needed to Solve 1 Traffic Problems Expert Says days I NEW YORK The NEA-The NEA The publIc public pub pub- lic lie have to change its mind about the automobile and its place on the streets before existing con- con s of ot traffic can be It will have to get out of the horse and wa wagon On a age e and drop the thought of whip sockets dashboards dashboards' and hitching posts before it can take up the more urgent problem of speed seed and tonnage and congestion This nOw new w psychological twist t to our traffic problems Is presented by bj Dr DI Miller McClintock perhaps the thc leading authority on op truffle traffic in America in J. J recent issue Je of th the Journal of or the Society of of ot Automo- Automo Automotive Automo Automo- tive tho Engineers If It no vehicle could move mO more than five fhe miles tulles an hour bour nor gould carry more than r five fi C tons he says ays we should 1 b be conscious of no traffic traffic fic problem toda today But Bu things are arc far worse he points out The modern engine is said to tobe tobe be bu only 20 0 p per r cent efficient yet ct McClintock points out that modern traffic limits it to only 20 per pcr cent of even this limited efficiency That is why we have a traffic problem he explains ins Vehicles capable of carr carrying five fire to ten tons at efficient speeds up to thirty thirty thirty thir thir- ty miles S an hour ai are e forced foree to drag along in traffic with long dela delays s 's sand and at an average speed often orlen as slow as fiS s three miles an hour It has been estimated that these wastes amount to a year in the United States Not only that but the operating conditions are danger dangerous us as well result resulting nS' nS in ina ina ina a loss of life lIe of per persons ons in inthe inthe I Ithe the continental United States last year ear I McClintock sU suggests eral several wa ways s 's out to prevent further loss of ot life I and property I Some of these arc I 1 1 Change our horse and buggy street system to one that will accommodate accommodate accommodate ac ac- tho the automobile 2 2 Free arteries of travel from obstructions of oC every cery kind such as s parked cars trucks backed into sidewalks etc 5 Separate grade dc crossings cr 1 T 1 railroad oad crossings for continuous flow low of traffic both ways rays 4 4 Build elevated ele transit rapid highways s at least for or cities cities' of a ab 5 b Operate trucks and other de- de lI cr y vehicles at light traffic hours during nights C. C G Adopt national uniform motor vehicle code traffic ordinance Ud traffic signs and signals